</para>

<para>

The TAP tests areonlyrun when PostgreSQL was configured with the

The TAP-based tests are run only when PostgreSQL was configured with the

option <option>--enable-tap-tests</option>. This is recommended for

development, but can be omitted if there is no suitable Perl installation.

</para>

<title>TAP Tests</title>

<para>

The client program tests under <filename>src/bin</filename> use the Perl

TAP tools and are run by <command>prove</command>. You can pass

Various tests, particularly the client program tests

under <filename>src/bin</filename>, use the Perl TAP tools and are run

using the Perl testing program <command>prove</command>. You can pass

command-line options to <command>prove</command> by setting

the <command>make</command> variable <varname>PROVE_FLAGS</>, for example:

<programlisting>

make -C src/bin check PROVE_FLAGS='--reverse'

make -C src/bin check PROVE_FLAGS='--timer'

</programlisting>

The default is <literal>--verbose</literal>. See the manual page

of <command>prove</command> for more information.

See the manual page of <command>prove</command> for more information.

</para>

<para>

The tests written in Perl require the Perl

module <literal>IPC::Run</literal>.

The TAP tests require the Perl module <literal>IPC::Run</literal>.

This module is available from CPAN or an operating system package.

</para>

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